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CESSATION OF NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES COLLECTION

As foreshadowed in the ABS 2017-2018 Forward Work Program, December 2017 is the final issue of the Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia (cat. no. 9314.0) publication. Data on sales of new motor vehicles (in original terms) is available from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries website: https://www.fcai.com.au/sales.

DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.(a)

NT(a)

ACT(a)

Aust.

Vehicle sales

Trend (no.)

33 161

28 323

19 419

6 128

8 549

1 826

837

1 513

99 756

Seasonally Adjusted (no.)

33 832

31 281

19 678

6 361

8 336

1 869

854

1 533

103 743

Change from previous month

Trend (%)

0.1

0.2

-

0.6

0.4

2.2

-1.9

-0.3

0.2

Seasonally Adjusted (%)

3.5

11.0

0.4

5.6

-3.1

5.8

0.1

-0.6

4.5

Change from previous year

Trend (%)

0.6

3.3

3.2

3.9

8.8

10.9

-1.8

-3.8

2.8

Seasonally Adjusted (%)

0.2

19.3

3.5

6.7

2.3

16.6

0.1

-8.8

6.7

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.

DECEMBER KEY POINTS

DECEMBER TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

The December 2017 trend estimate (99,756) increased by 0.2% when compared with November 2017.

When comparing national trend estimates for December 2017 with November 2017, sales for Sports utility and Other vehicles both increased by 0.5%. By contrast, Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.3%.

The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (2.2%), continuing an upward trend that began in April 2017.

The Northern Territory (-1.9%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-0.3%) continue the downward trend which commenced in July 2017.

INQUIRIES

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(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.